@Brian Eastman  thank you, no loan so that's not an issue but my only question is you mentioned a JV so does it need to be organic partnership just me and the 401(k) on title, and some sort of joint venture agreement or can I put in an LLC ?

Odds are there is some sort of title issue.  

I am filling my brain with all sorts of new things.

Well, I'm thinking if you can do this sort of thing in such a neighborhood that absolutely is guaranteed to stay stable, or "upwardly gentrify" then it's not such a terrible thing to someone who wants low hassle factor and doesn't mind the risk of a house staying vacant due to barrier to entry (i.e. income requirements, heft move in expense, etc.).

There is an association of hard money lenders who have advocated using the term of private lender, basically on two aspects, one is advertising and the other was to distance themselves from the image of past hard money lenders of the past who didn't have a stellar reputation in the banking community as purely asset based lenders. 

Tried investing a few years ago with no advice or help sort of speak.  

I've been working a 9-5 again for just over a year and I would rather be working for myself doing real estate investments.I plan on making some sort of deal happen this year, not quite sure how I am going to make it happen but I will.

I've been to a few, though have never purchased anything there, just sort of witnessed what happens.

Hi, I am new to BP and sort of browsing around.

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